Sermons – 15 from 2016

The Work of Christmas BeginsSunday December 25, 2016. Christmas Day.Larry Harvey
Series: AdventClick here for audio of this sermon.
The Work of Christmas
When the song of the angels is stilled,
When the star in the sky is gone,
When the kings and the princes are home,
When the shepherds are back with their flock,
The work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost,
To heal the broken,
To feed the hungry,
To release the prisoner,
To rebuild the nations,
To bring peace among brothers,
To make music in the heart.

Mary and Zechariah Sing! — Monica Schmucker HarveySunday December 11, 2016
Series: AdventClick here for audio of this sermon.
Can we detect God’s presence and guidance in very unexpected, non-glamorous ways?

Jesus in Conversation – Maybe With You!Sunday December 4, 2016 Larry Harvey
Series: AdventClick here for audio of this sermon.
Will we know his voice better a year from now? Will we recognize his work more regularly?

What Is That In Your Hand?
Series: What’s Next? Good or Bad? How Do We Prepare?Sunday October 23, 2016 Larry HarveyClick here for audio of this sermon.
We are asked to love and serve our neighbors right here and now, whether the environment is supportive or not, whether we are sombody or not, whether we have impressive resources or not.

Peter Says Live Like a Christian Anyway
Series: What’s Next? Good or Bad? How Do We Prepare?Sunday October 2, 2016 Larry HarveyClick here for audio of this sermon.
[This audio is missing the introduction to this semon, which pointed out:
– This election season is scary for many,
– We don’t really know what will happen, or maybe even what should happen,
– We do get good advice from Jesus and the Apostles.
– Jesus says He is Winning;
– Peter says to live Christianly anyway;
– Paul says the only thing that counts is faith working through love.]

John 16:31,32
A time is coming and in fact has come
when you will be scattered, each to your own home.
You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.

What Is Really Important?
Jesus’ Teaching on Wealth (thinking of Hastings banker Harrison Bostwick, of the 1880’s)
[This audio is only the last 10 minutes of the sermon. But it is a good look at Jesus’ teaching.]Sunday September 18, 2016 Larry HarveyClick here for audio of this sermon.

Galatians 5:1,6
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free.
Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery…
The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

The Graciousness of Christ in Days of Terrible Stress:The Days Around the Crucifixion
Four Crucial Facts – #3: God Comes to Us in Costly GraceSunday September 4, 2016 Larry HarveyClick here for audio of this sermon.